[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Hindu Administrative Institutions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929) › c12.s2.22 # Hindu Administrative Institutions c12.s2.22 Hindu Administrative Institutions c12.s2.22 - **Language:** English ### [c12.s2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c12.s2.22) Śukrāchārya speaks of these and also of the corporations of ascetics, thieves, foresters and soldiers.² In Buddhist literature there is mention of co-operative producers organizing themselves in a guild, as well as corporations of butchers, leatherworkers, fishermen, sailors, dyers, ivory-workers, metallurgists, etc., in the fifth and the sixth centuries B.C.¹ - [Previous: c12.s2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c12.s2.21) - [Next: c12.s2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c12.s2.23) - [Up: c12.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c12.s2) ## Cites (1) - [Śukranīti (Śukrācārya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.sukraniti-sukracarya) — Śukrācārya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c12.s2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c12.s2.22) · Pramāṇa